[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-worried-little-monsters":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Sorry I haven't posted much the past few days, it's all been hard-core, long hours trying to meet my picture book deadline for the upcoming \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_Book_Fair\">Bologna Book Fair\u003C/a>. (Everything in children's books is revolving around that fair right now. Send comforting words and doughnuts to any book designers you know.) In the meantime, have a look at this lovely video about mental health and self esteem, made by \u003Cb>Jakob Westman\u003C/b> and starring characters made by \u003Cb>Felt Mistress\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Jontofsk\u003C/b>i! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2355\"/> \u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/57701450\">UMO – Var finns hjälp att få? (65 sek)\u003C/a> from \u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/jakobwestman\">Jakob Westman\u003C/a> on \u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com\">Vimeo\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\\r\nAt the Fleece Station studio, we're getting very excited about the upcoming launch of \u003Cb>Gary Northfield\u003C/b>'s \u003Ci>TEENYTINYSAURS\u003C/i>! Here you can see it displayed, already in several different languages! Visit \u003Ca href=\"http://www.walker.co.uk/The-Terrible-Tales-of-the-Teenytinysaurs-9781406333268.aspx\">Walker Books' website\u003C/a> for a preview.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.walker.co.uk/The-Terrible-Tales-of-the-Teenytinysaurs-9781406333268.aspx\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/teenytinysaurs_zpsbdea5116-81f8d9f623.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI also like \u003Ca href=\"http://www.boredpanda.com/sharp-suits-worst-client-comment-posters/\">these posters\u003C/a> by Irish graphic designers \u003Cb>Mark Shanley\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Paddy Treacy\u003C/b> of their worst client comments (via Philip Reeve on Twitter).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.boredpanda.com/sharp-suits-worst-client-comment-posters/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/worst_comments_zps0d438be2-eefab30b46.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Philip Reeve\u003C/b> has blogged about his \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-traction-codex.html\">brand-new eBook\u003C/a>, \u003Cb>\u003Ci>The Traction Codex\u003C/i>\u003C/b>, written with his friend \u003Cb>Jeremy Levett\u003C/b>, which is an amusing illustrated guide to the world of Mortal Engines. It's 85p to download, and I thought I couldn't get it because I don't have a Kindle or iPad, but Amazon let me download a Kindle app for my iPhone. He didn't get to choose the cover, and the graphics are a bit smaller than Philip would have liked; he drew them fairly large, and incredibly detailed. But they're still gorgeous, and he's been posting some larger versions of his illustrations \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-traction-codex.html\">on his blog\u003C/a>. (I own this one!) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-traction-codex.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/Batmunkhgompa_zps7c361ef8-8cae4ef2cd.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI always love seeing \u003Cb>Hourly Comic Day\u003C/b> roll around, and I'm sorry I didn't take part in it this year. (Here's \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/75201.html\">one I did\u003C/a> way back in 2008, drawing a comic panel about my day for every hour I was awake.) You can browse through all of them here - \u003Ca href=\"http://www.tencentticker.com/msgbrd/viewforum.php?f=30\">a compiled list!\u003C/a> organised by Dean Trippe - but here's a particularly lovely one by \u003Cb>Dan Berry\u003C/b>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thingsbydan.co.uk/2013/02/hourly-comics/\">read it in full here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thingsbydan.co.uk/2013/02/hourly-comics/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dan_berry_hourly_zps9034b74f-51e072d89e.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI haven't had a chance to read through all these Hourly Comics yet, but I'm really itching to do so! Here's Dean's website about \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hourlycomic.com/content/hourlycomicday"\">how to make an hourly comic\u003C/a>; you don't have to wait until Hourly Comic Day on 1 Feb, it's a great thing to do any day; it's like putting yourself on your own reality show.\\r\n\\r\nAnd finally, a big congratulations to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.naobrown.com/news/\">Glyn Dillon\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\" http://www.jonmcnaught.co.uk\">Jon McNaught\u003C/a>, who just bagged two of the top prizes (Jury Special Prize, Best Newcomer) at \u003Cb>Angoulême\u003C/b> comics festival! This is a big deal for British comics, you guys did us proud! :) \u003Ca href=\"http://4joursangouleme.tumblr.com/post/42189575759/le-palmares-du-festival-dangouleme-2013\">Full prize list here (in French)\u003C/a>","2013-02-05T09:51:00.000Z","worried-little-monsters",[],"worried little monsters",1776628724729]